Gonzales County · 1867 voter registration · Freedman
Robert Riley, Gonzales County, Texas, 1867
Robert Riley registered to vote in Gonzales County on August 9, 1867. He reported 26 years in Texas, 26 of them in Gonzales County. The registrar wrote "Colored" beside his name. Gonzales County registered 739 freedmen in 1867, 41% of its voters.
- 26 years
- In Texas
- 26 years
- In the county
- about 1841
- Reached Texas
What the register records
From about 1841 to 1870
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In Gonzales County
Robert Riley
Texas
The register entry, column by column
- Name
- Robert Riley
- County of registration
- Gonzales County
- Precinct
- 9
- Registered
- August 9, 1867
- Years in Texas
- 26 years
- Years in Gonzales County
- 26 years
- Remarks, as written
- "Colored"
Other freedmen named Riley in Gonzales County
- Manuel Rileyreached Texas about 1839
- William Rileyreached Texas about 1842
Rileys elsewhere in Texas
Sources
This entry comes from the 1867 to 1870 Texas voter registration, the Texas Secretary of State registration lists held by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. It sits on page 32 of the Gonzales County volume, written out by hand. About Enslaved Texas.
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